[Southern Song Dynasty] Splendid mountains and rivers

Zhao Yuan stood quietly in his arms for a moment, the worry in his heart not only did not disappear, but became more intense.She held up one of his palms, solemnly placed the white jade seal on his palm, and said hello softly.

Zhong Yi didn't answer.

He hugged her and shook his head, put the white jade seal back into her sleeve, and said in a low voice, "I can't take it yet."

She froze for a moment, then understood in an instant.The prince handed her the seal in private, in order to make this matter clear in front of her eyes, and the seal had to be handed over to him by the prince himself.Otherwise, it would be a mess.

"strangeness……"

She muttered to herself, "It just occurred to me that the crown prince brought the seal here. Presumably your court clothes, ribbons, and even some messy rewards will also be brought here. But why did he..."

"You're worrying too much."

He stretched out his hand, rubbed the top of her head, and then scraped the tip of her nose affectionately, "The prince only brought a seal, but you have come up with so many details in your wild imagination. If it is true that even the ivory fluorine on the court dress ribbon Sending them to Shuozhou by the prince can only prove one thing: Some people don't want me to go to Bianliang."

As he was talking, he suddenly laughed lowly: "How is it possible? This is really too ridiculous."

Don't say that he is the first-class border guard in the Song Dynasty, even if he is an ordinary military officer, there is absolutely no reason why he should not be allowed to return to Beijing if he wants to accept the emperor's award.

"I hope I'm worrying too much." Zhao Yuan sighed quietly.

The two talked for a while under the shade of the tree, and then went to the post house to rest together.Due to the large number of people in Shuozhou, they had to live far away, and they could only rest together when Zhongyi formally married her.She waited for him to go far away, then grabbed a person and asked, "Where is the prince?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is staying at the Lord's Mansion in the state capital."

Zhao Yuan nodded, holding the white jade seal, and returned to the mansion of Lord Zhou.Due to the temporary requisition by the crown prince, the family members of the state capital adults were forced to live in a small west-span courtyard, and there were complaints from time to time.She asked a few people along the way, and when she learned that the prince lived in the east courtyard, she ran all the way there and returned the seal to the prince.

The crown prince was sitting on the grand teacher's chair sipping tea, when he saw Zhao Yuan approaching, he nodded slightly at her: "Auntie, sit down."

Zhao Yuan sat down according to the words, and watched the prince slowly playing with the seal, feeling more and more uneasy in his heart.She collected herself and asked softly, "What do you think about the Mongols?"

"What's your idea?" The prince laughed dumbly, "Of course, after the new Lord Hou took over the [-] households, the Lord Hou will guard the three armies and negotiate with the Mongols. Well, Gu also brought some gold captives over. , I hope it will be of some use then.”

Zhao Yuan's heart skipped a beat: "So fast?"

"It's not too soon." The crown prince shook his head and said, "When I came back to Shuozhou, I brought a full set of ceremonial guards. I just waited for the emperor's decree to arrive in Shuozhou, and immediately offered sacrifices to heaven. The emperor is in the palace. Being tripped by someone, I am worrying about it right now, and I can’t sleep well with a few Uncle Wangs too. It’s a leisurely time to hide here alone in Shuozhou.”

He glanced at the corner of his mouth and chuckled twice, his expression was unmatched by ordinary people's maturity.

"Auntie, don't think this matter hastily. It is really a military and national matter, and there is no room for delay. Father has already decided to clean up the East and West Mansions, but the emperor's grandfather didn't care about it. Nine Emperor Uncles were also sent to Luoyang from afar. Just wait and see, if the kind of If the general can't hold down the northern gate of the Song Dynasty, the emperor will also be furious."

Zhao Yuan listened to him finish his words slowly, his thinking had almost stagnated.She looked at the prince and said dryly: "Will the new prince not enter the capital?"

"After the northern border is pacified, I will go to Beijing to return the order to thank you." The prince said.

She felt that her throat was a little dry, and she couldn't help but feel a chill in her back when she thought of the conversation she had just had with Zhong Yi under the shade of a tree.

The sky must have changed in Bianliang, otherwise Zhao Huan would not let the prince come to Shuozhou, and he would do everything possible to prevent the new prince from entering Beijing to restore his order.

She remembered Zhao Kai's insistence on sending the concubine and the prince to Yanzhou, what Zhao Huan had said to her in Funing Palace a month ago, and the prince who was unexpectedly mature at such a young age, and that saying The decree of "abolishing demoted faces and promoting generals"...

"Auntie." The prince stood up and bowed to her from a distance, "You will definitely stand by Father's side, right?"

Zhao Yuan nodded mechanically, he couldn't remember what he said and what the prince said, a lot of thoughts arose in his mind, each of which was troublesome.She mechanically said goodbye to the prince, and mechanically went back to the post house to rest, only feeling a dull pain in the brain, wishing to burn all the troublesome things on fire.

Early the next morning, before she got up, she heard the noise outside.A servant was called through the door and window to ask, but it was the crown prince who ordered General Zhong to fast and burn incense. After a month of self-cultivation, he will be granted the Marquis Grand Ceremony.

Her fears were finally fulfilled.

Rumors and rumors filled the entire Shuozhou, and even spread to other state capitals.Some said that Xinhou was young and Meng Lang, some said that the officials were very honored and favored, and some were worried about the general's self-respect in the northwest.For a while, everyone in Shuozhou was in danger, and even the air became tense.

The decree sent by the special envoy of the government to Shuozhou clearly stated: Feng Zhong's son Yi was granted the title of Marquis of Yunzhong, with [-] households in the town, and nothing could be faked.

She lay in the post house for three full days, gradually calming down her complicated mood, before taking a bath and changing clothes again, and went to find the prince.

The prince refused to see any guests, saying that he wanted to accompany General Zhong to cultivate himself.

Zhao Yuan was anxious, and immediately ordered two personal guards who could speak Mongolian from the Western Army stationed in Shuozhou, and went with her to the Mongolian prairie.All the soldiers of the Western Army have long regarded her as a young lady, and naturally follow her orders.

Before leaving, she deliberately left a letter to Zhong Yi, telling her all about her plan.

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Today's Mongolia has not yet developed the arrogant and domineering temperament of future generations, and even the famous Genghis Khan has not yet been born.The current leader of the Mongolian Department is called Hebuler, Boer Jijin Hebuler.If you really want to calculate, he should be Genghis Khan's father or grandfather.

Although Hebuler is not as good as Temujin, he is still a very powerful figure.When Wanyan Zongbi went south to attack the Song Dynasty, he once sent out a group of Jin soldiers to go deep into Mongolia, but was beaten back by Hebuler.Immediately after the Kingdom of Jin destroyed the Liao and Song Dynasties, it began to make plans for Mongolia, but it still couldn't move Hebule, and instead was beaten up repeatedly.Emperor Jin had no choice but to recognize the founding of Mongolia and the status of Hebuler.

Originally, the Song Dynasty and Mongolia did not border each other, but not long ago, the Song army first destroyed Xixia, then swallowed the Jin Kingdom, and tore a big hole in the lingering Xiliao, which immediately attracted the attention of Mongolia.Hebul did not have Temujin's ambition to unify the tribes of Mongolia, nor did he have strong combat power, but simply existed as the most powerful khan of the tribes of Mongolia.In order for his tribe not to be invaded, he deliberately chose the opportunity of the prince to wipe out the Kingdom of Jin, and communicated with the prince several times.

Zhao Yuan knew that the reason why Mongolia is so strong, there are two indispensable conditions: one is Temujin, and the other is a powerful neighboring country.Back then Temujin gathered his generals under the pretext that the Kingdom of Jin oppressed his ancestors, unified Mongolia, and marched south.Now that the Kingdom of Jin has fallen, the Great Song Dynasty has become the number one threat to the Mongolian tribes. How to achieve a delicate balance among them is really a headache.

Fortunately, the various tribes of Mongolia are still in a state of disunity, and the Khans are independent.

She wandered around on the Mongolian prairie for more than half a month, but she didn't hear any special news except that she ran into some herdsmen who gathered for water and grass and the Mongolian prince who had nothing to do.She also heard the Mongolians talking about the Song Dynasty, and their words were full of contempt for the "Southern people", saying that they could only stay in one place because they were soft, and they were not like the Mongolians.The two temporary translators were a little angry when they heard this, but Zhao Yuan was very happy.

Let them despise the southerners and think that the south is useless.

If the Mongols began to yearn for the abundance of the south, and the good days of peace and prosperity in the Song Dynasty, it would be over.

I don't know whether it's luck or misfortune, but when she wandered around the grassland, she ran into the special envoy sent by Hebul to Song Dynasty.

In line with the principle of not following in vain, Zhao Yuan immediately ordered the two translators who came temporarily to turn around, and relying on the space to be close to him, he quietly followed behind the Mongolian special envoy.They all spoke Mongolian, and Zhao Yuan didn't quite understand it, so he could only memorize it in homophonic characters, and after returning to Shuozhou, he would find someone else to translate it.

The Mongols traveled very fast. Starting from the prairie, they crossed the border between the two countries in about ten days. The envoys sent by the prince led them to Shuozhou.I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the day they arrived in Shuozhou happened to be the day when Zhongyi became Marquis.

Of course, Zhao Yuan might miss such an important matter.Carrying a thick stack of paper with homonymous Mongolian characters in her arms, she threw off the slow-moving envoys of the two countries behind her, changed horses all the way, and rushed to Shuozhou day and night.

Even more coincidentally, Cang Yunqi just returned from Mobei, and was stationed on the edge of Shuozhou, waiting for His Highness the Crown Prince to visit at any time.

To say that there is nothing tricky in it, Zhao Yuan really wouldn't believe it.